homonym

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Usage notes 1.1.2 Related terms 1.1.3 Translations 1.2 See also 2 Swedish 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

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Different Meanings

Nym	Sound	Spelling	Category
homonym	same	same
heteronym	different	same	(cat)
homograph	not specified	same
homophone	same	different	(cat)

[edit] Noun

homonym (plural homonyms)

1. (semantics) (strict sense) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning.
2. (loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning, technically called a homophone (same sound) or a homograph (same spelling).
3. (taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.

[edit] Usage notes

• Homonyms are divided into the two overlapping subcategories homographs and homophones. Examples:
  • die and dye (homophones but not homographs)
  • the fish fluke and fluke, part of the tail of a whale (both homophones and homographs and therefore, in every sense, homonyms)
  • the metal lead and the verb lead (homographs but not homophones)

[edit] Related terms

• homonymic
• homonymous

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• heteronym
• homograph
• homophone

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

homonym c.

Inflection for homonym	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	homonym	homonymen	homonymer	homonymerna
Genitive	homonyms	homonymens	homonymers	homonymernas

1. homonym